Create and name a folder

- [Narrator] So, we're going to startby setting up our own custom library.You may recall that I said that youwant to keep your library away from SOLIDWORKS sothat if you run updates, reinstall SOLIDWORKS.Create a new installation of SOLIDWORKSthat doesn't blow away all your hard work.I want to bring your attention to wherethe library is again.It's on this resource bar.And it's where the stack of books it.So you want to press on that tabthat's going to open up that resource bar,so you can see the design library.

And you can see SOLIDWORKS comes with a design library.And it's got a bunch of stuff in it.And if you've never gone in and looked at it,you can see there's already some cool stuffthat comes inside of SOLIDWORKS.And you can kind of go throughand look at what SOLIDWORKS hasin their design library.And get ideas for your own library.So you can see they've got some whole patternsand linear patterns too.But were going to work on creatingour own custom library, becauseevery company's different.

And every company has their own featuresand special way they work.And you want to be able to reuse the stuffthat you do, in your work, all the time.So we start by creating our own custom library.And notice right here, we can add a file location.And we add library.And we can create a new folder.We want to add a file location becausewe're basically going to point to a placeon our server or local drive, where weare going to create our design library.

So we start by opening up file explorer.Now, if you've never opened up file explorer,it's pretty easy.You can just right click and select file explorer here.Or you can type in file explorer.And that'll bring you the file explorer up.So, comes up, gives you a little window here.I'm going to put it on my local drive.And I'm going to create a new folder.So I'm going to say, "New folder."And I'm going to call it, My Awesome Company Library.

So you want to give it a name, that is distinctive.So that you know that it's your custom library.And again, you want to keep it away from SOLIDWORKS.So you don't want to put it anywhere nearwherever the SOLIDWORKS files are.And you want to put it somewherewhere other people on the team can access it.So here I am.And I'm going to add that file location.So I'm going to go over to the D drive.And look at My Awesome Company Library.

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9/19/2017

The SOLIDWORKS Design Library makes it easy to locate and reuse your sketches, notes, and favorite features—preventing you from having to complete the same work twice. In this course, discover how to increase your SOLIDWORKS productivity by storing commonly used elements in the Design Library. Elise Moss helps you get started by showing how to add a folder that contains your Design Library elements to SOLIDWORKS, and then link that folder to the Design Library. She then demonstrates how to use this helpful tool to manage features, patterns, annotations, forming tools for sheet metal, and other elements that you'll likely use more than once.